Dense nuclear matter equation of state from heavy-ion collisions

A Sorensen, K Agarwal, KW Brown, Z Chajęcki… - Progress in Particle and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The nuclear equation of state (EOS) is at the center of numerous theoretical and
experimental efforts in nuclear physics. With advances in microscopic theories for nuclear …

Microscopic models for ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions

SA Bass, M Belkacem, M Bleicher… - Progress in Particle and …, 1998 - Elsevier
The investigation of nuclear matter under extreme conditions is one of the major research
topics of nuclear and high energy physics (a short and necessarily incomplete overview may …

Transport model comparison studies of intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions

H Wolter, M Colonna, D Cozma, P Danielewicz… - Progress in Particle and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transport models are the main method to obtain physics information on the nuclear equation
of state and in-medium properties of particles from low to relativistic-energy heavy-ion …

Recent progress and new challenges in isospin physics with heavy-ion reactions

BA Li, LW Chen, CM Ko - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
The ultimate goal of studying isospin physics via heavy-ion reactions with neutron-rich,
stable and/or radioactive nuclei is to explore the isospin dependence of in-medium nuclear …

The iEBE-VISHNU code package for relativistic heavy-ion collisions

C Shen, Z Qiu, H Song, J Bernhard, S Bass… - Computer Physics …, 2016 - Elsevier
The iEBE-VISHNU code package performs event-by-event simulations for relativistic heavy-
ion collisions using a hybrid approach based on (2+ 1)-dimensional viscous hydrodynamics …

Event generators for high-energy physics experiments

JM Campbell, M Diefenthaler, TJ Hobbs… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We provide an overview of the status of Monte-Carlo event generators for high-energy
particle physics. Guided by the experimental needs and requirements, we highlight areas of …

Femtoscopy in relativistic heavy ion collisions: two decades of progress

MA Lisa, S Pratt, R Soltz… - Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Analyses of two-particle correlations have provided the chief means for
determining spatio-temporal characteristics of relativistic heavy ion collisions. We discuss …

Transport-theoretical description of nuclear reactions

O Buss, T Gaitanos, K Gallmeister, H Van Hees… - Physics Reports, 2012 - Elsevier
In this review we first outline the basics of transport theory and its recent generalization to off-
shell transport. We then present in some detail the main ingredients of any transport method …

Particle production and equilibrium properties within a new hadron transport approach for heavy-ion collisions

J Weil, V Steinberg, J Staudenmaier, LG Pang… - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
The microscopic description of heavy-ion reactions at low beam energies is achieved within
hadronic transport approaches. In this article a new approach called “Simulating Many …

The QCD phase diagram and Beam Energy Scan physics: a theory overview

L Du, A Sorensen, M Stephanov - International Journal of Modern …, 2024 - World Scientific
We review recent theoretical developments relevant to heavy-ion experiments carried out
within the Beam Energy Scan program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Our main focus …